Chaotic Reviews Armada by Ernest Cline
Armada is the next highly anticipated blockbuster from Ernest Cline. This book is everything a geek needs in a novel. With nods to everything from Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Name of the Wind, World of Warcraft, Firefly, Battlestar Gallactica, Power Rangers, Aliens and so many more that I must stop now, before your eyes glaze over. Ernest Cline is geek cultures dream author. To a point this really heightens the reading, and the fun, but at some point you start to think - enough. It gets too much which is the difference in the writing between Ready Player One and this new book. Even with the over play, every cultural mention engages you as the reader as you remember other stories in an intertwined culture.
As his friends fighting over Wonder Woman's use of Sting (the sword, not the singer), Zachary Ulysses Lightman fights with himself for control of his emotions, and with reality when things start getting dodgy. Invading aliens? A government cover up that has lasted almost half a century, and involves most mainstream gaming, and entertainment? It can be a common theme in science fiction,but in Clines hands this story turns into an inventive, and action packed thrill ride.
What is good about this book? The adventure, the idea that you should always question everything- even those things right in front of you. The writing is smooth, and entertaining. What is not so good about this book? I felt the characters where a bit too inconsequential. If a character was lost I didn't feel much about it. There was no emotional pull to them, even though Cline made them realistic, and relatable.
If you are not going to read it for the story, or the great writing, read it for the random cultural references, because there is nothing like running into a mention of Vanilla Sky in an alien invasion novel. Or click the link below to see Cline's spoken word poetry, because that too is not to be missed.
Ernest Clines Spoken Word Poetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5vmHjJ7LYE
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16278318-armada?from_search=true&search_version=service
As his friends fighting over Wonder Woman's use of Sting (the sword, not the singer), Zachary Ulysses Lightman fights with himself for control of his emotions, and with reality when things start getting dodgy. Invading aliens? A government cover up that has lasted almost half a century, and involves most mainstream gaming, and entertainment? It can be a common theme in science fiction,but in Clines hands this story turns into an inventive, and action packed thrill ride.
What is good about this book? The adventure, the idea that you should always question everything- even those things right in front of you. The writing is smooth, and entertaining. What is not so good about this book? I felt the characters where a bit too inconsequential. If a character was lost I didn't feel much about it. There was no emotional pull to them, even though Cline made them realistic, and relatable.
If you are not going to read it for the story, or the great writing, read it for the random cultural references, because there is nothing like running into a mention of Vanilla Sky in an alien invasion novel. Or click the link below to see Cline's spoken word poetry, because that too is not to be missed.
Ernest Clines Spoken Word Poetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5vmHjJ7LYE
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16278318-armada?from_search=true&search_version=service
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